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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1916
Page
10
The town notes a Sunday School hour change from ten to nine. Local families and guests are mentioned visiting various residents, with reports of a Bowdon singing convention attendance, prayer meetings, and encouragement for community participation in Sunday School.
Report from Newnan describes St Paul decoration day with a large crowd and fine preaching at the local place. Rev Jim Tanksley led Sunday services and prayer meeting at E Stith's. sacred Harp singing planned for the second Sunday in May with baskets and singers invited. Families including Mrs M A Trapp and daughters visit Mrs M L Garner, while neighbors and visitors attend meals and prayer meetings.
Mr Joe Saswell of Alabama visited the McWhorters last week and Ona McWhorter returned with him. G H Lane went to Coweta with his sister for her boy’s funeral, who was accidentally shot. Sacred harps and memorials cited at Rocky Mountain and New Lebanon church services. Rev Stallings missed a call. Rev McLeod spoke with Walker Thompson and Millican giving talks to aid attendees. Charles Lane cut his foot. P E Pace remains feeble at home.
Farmers in the area report dry weather blues while local decorations draw attendance at Paul and Cross Plains. Master Cole Richards recited What Constituted the Home, with other visits from Will Capersant and George Dingler of Villa Rica. Birth announced for a daughter born on the 4th. Additional visits and church events noted with ministers attending quarterly conference and regular appointments nearby.
The singing convention at Miller's Academy in Bawdon drew one of the best crowds heard. Miss Nannie Dixon of Bowdon visits her grandmother, Mrs. J. W. A. Rowland. Sunday School attendance was large and Children’s Day will be observed in June with date to be announced next week. Miss Boore Rowland will host tea for two little girls in honor of Miss Nannie Dixon Tuesday afternoon. Miss Mabel Barranton and Mr. Ben Bell quietly married Sunday afternoon, a surprise to friends who wish them a long and happy life. Miss Hattie Matthews visits cousins Misses Ethel and Lizzie Rabun.
A crowded Lee's Chapel enjoyed preaching and a Bowden singing outing by Eugene Lee Mrs. Lee and daughters Fannie and Carrie Bonner with Claud Kent and Brown Tuggle. Bonner hosts Sunday night singing as Carrie Lee Bonner and Lottie Clemers visit Fannie Lee Saturday.
BEAR CREEK reports Akin as Sun day School superintendent and Bowdon singing attended by Groven Dean for the first time this year. A picnic is set for Buck Creek on the Saturday before the second Sunday in May with two preachers expected to speak. Local families including Jacksons Cooleys Ponder Akin Nixon Nix Attaway are noted as visiting or staying in the area.
An advertisement from J. M. Johnson Buick dealer in Carrollton Georgia touts Buick cars as meeting a demand beyond price. The copy emphasizes ease power and comfort as key benefits unavailable from other automobiles.
R D Jackson advertises unlimited money to lend to good men with good farms in Carroll and Haralson counties on superior terms never offered before.
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